[Epicardial destruction of the bundle of Kent by pulsating electric current and the criteria of its effectiveness in Wolff-Parkinson- White syndrome].

The article deals with a new method of treatment of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. The operation for epicardial destruction of Kent's bundle by pulsating current was developed by the authors. It is distinguished by its simplicity and the possibility to determine the efficacy of the procedures during the operation itself. The results of examination of 44 patients in the early postoperative period and in late-term periods after this operation are discussed. It was found that the electric factor does not cause structural changes of the underlying structures and does not affect the pumping function of the myocardium. The revealed changes were recorded by means of angiocardiography, coronarography, radionuclide ventriculography, and the enzyme spectrum.